Research Article
Haplogroup T Is an Obesity Risk Factor: Mitochondrial DNA Haplotyping in a Morbid Obese Population from Southern Italy
Table 2
Haplogroup frequencies in morbid obese patients (
) and controls (
).
| | Haplogroup | Obese patients (%) | Control subjects (%) | | OR/95% CI |
| | H | 233 (46.6) | 88 (40.7) | | | | I | 7 (1.4) | 6 (2.8) | | | | J | 25 (5.0) | 21 (9.7) | 0.02 | 0.63/0.45–0.89 | | K | 29 (5.8) | 18 (8.3) | | | | T | 66 (13.2) | 13 (6.0) | 0.004 | 1.94/1.16–3.22 | | JT | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | | | | U | 85 (17.0) | 39 (18.1) | | | | V | 13 (2.6) | 4 (1.9) | | | | W | 8 (1.6) | 2 (0.9) | | | | X | 10 (2.0) | 8 (3.7) | | | | Others | 24 (4.8) | 16 (7.4) | | |
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